Liberty of the (op)Press(ed) — The Zenger Trial

John Peter Zenger Trial - Alex Taylor

Got a real Zenger for you:
(Sorry, couldn’t resist)

I’d label this a timely column given the state of liberties taken with journalism lately. Such arguments, it seems, have always been in play.

Originally published in the Gainesville Times, February 9, 1988, Prof. Alex Taylor shares the birth of a U.S. freedom.

Zenger's victory: 'morning star' of press freedom. Alex Taylor - Gainesville Times

“It’s not libel if it’s the truth!” ~Anon

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